Originally Posted by btwissel

what he said is this: if you look at a map of th ratio of tax money sent to the federal government v. fed tax money coming in, it almost perfectly overlays a map showing the voting tenancy of the states. i.e. NY & CA send in a lot more tax dollars to the Federal government than they ever get back, and the Mississippis & Oklahomas get a lot more than they every pay out.